I know everyone has done it. Had your pups in the car while you quickly ran into the bank or to buy some milk from the local convenience store. But this year, the dog days pf summer are here early and it’s time to leave the hounds at home with the air conditioner on. I [...]

A Utica, New York man told a judge in court this week that he didn’t see anything wrong with killing the family dog by shooting it twice in the head in April because it was his dog. William Richerson, 58, pleaded guilty in Oneida County Court to aggravated cruelty to an animal and third-degree criminal [...]

The custody fight for Patrick headed to a Newark, New Jersey court Thursday morning. The one-year-old dog, who was found in a trash bin in March, is currently recovering at an animal hospital in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. But the American Humane Society, which initially took the dog, wants to take him to a shelter, [...]

Next month, a UK judge will be asked to settle a highly unusual tug-of-love. At the center of the legal wrangle is not a child but an 18-month-old mini Dachshund who has caused two friends to fall out. Bailey was given away by his owner, Gary Rowlinson, in a fit of guilt after it bit [...]

A note to all animal loving millionaires and billionaires… give your money to animal charities before you die. Just sayin’. – Kenn She was known as New York City’s “Queen of Mean“. Yet she had a real soft spot for dogs. When Leona Helmsley, the woman who managed the most prestigious addresses in New York [...]

Kisha Curtis, the Newark, New Jersey woman accused of abusing and abandoning the 1-year-old Pit Bull named Patrick, appeared for the first time in Superior Court Friday morning pleading not guilty to several animal cruelty counts. Curtis, 27, was charged last month with two counts of tormenting and torturing a living creature and two counts [...]

If Timber could talk, he would say this case is just “ri-dog-ulous”. Mason, Ohio Municipal Court will be the stage for a Constitutional challenge on whether barking at a police dog violates laws against taunting service animals or is protected free speech. Mason, Ohio police cited Ryan Stephens, 25, of Mason, Ohio earlier this month [...]

The Dog Files is very pleased to announce our partnership with Tonic.com! Tonic.com is a site about doing good deeds. It asks people to do one act that will help a cause. Usually it’s a pretty simple act. I’m proud to say that Tonic has picked the Dog Files to be their doggie liaison. We [...]